Improvement in wine-baskets



@tout tatet JEAN ROUSSILLON, 0F EPERNAY,

Letters Patent No. 112,852, dated March 21, 1871.

yIMPROVMENTlN WINE-BASKETS'.

'The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan: of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J E'AN ROUSSILLON, ofEpernay, in the Empire of France, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Wine-Basket; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had t0 theaccompanying drawing forming part ot' this specilication.

rlhis invention relates to a new and useful improvement in willowbaskets for holdingr and transporting bottles of wine and otherarticles, more especially intended as a pic-nie basket;.and

1t consists in a basket made in two parts, hinged together, and eachpart divided int-o compartments, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a view of the basket open, withone of the parts closed and the cover of the other part thrown hack,giving a view of the partitions.

Figure 2 is a top view of the basket closed and fastened, as when beingtransported.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

This basket is made of the `osier willow, in two parts, A and B,connected together by willow hinges, vas seen at C C.

Each part is provided with a cover, D, attached t0 the edge of theparts.` as seen at E E.

Eaeh'part is divided into three compartments, F, G, and H. Thecompartments F and Ur arek for wine bottles.

The partition I is so placed that the room is economized by reversingrthe neck of the bottles.v

'lbe compartments H arel for sandwiches or other articles of dietsnit-able t0 be carried on pie-nies or similar occasions.

'lhe two parts arc fastened together by the rod J passing through willowstaples over the willow hasps K L L'are the handles on the parts, hymeans of which the basket is carried, after the manner of earrying avalise.

Lhis is a most convenient arrangement, and its advantages must beapparent to all.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latcnt- A willowwine-basket, formed in two hinged parts A. B, having covers D 1) andcompartments l G H, all constructed and arrangedvas and for the purposedescribed.

'lhe above specification of -my invention signed by me-this 10th day ofJanuary, 1870. l

f J. ROUSSILLON. Witnesses:

A. G. GLLL, 'lv. Gamers.

